Portugal News

Additional exhibits have reinforced the appeal of a forthcoming major maritime exhibition at Falmouth Art Gallery, which has had to triple its normal insurance cover for the event. via This is The West Country

Pope Waves 5-Year Waiting Period VATICAN CITY, FEB. 13, 2008 .- Benedict XVI announced he will dispense with the five-year waiting period established by Canon Law to open the cause of beatification of Sister ... via Zenit

AGRES, Portugal - The wind picked up after we left the last trees behind and the narrow road stretched out over the misty, scrub-covered plateau toward the end of Europe. via Boston Herald

“The government of East Timor is in firm control”

Special U.N police from Portugal stand guard outside the office of East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta in Dili February 12, 2008, after the country's interim president Vicente Guterres had declared a state of ... via Dose

“I appeal for Reinado's supporters to remain calm and reflect on his death”

Paramilitary police officers from Portugal guard the Government Palace after a rebel attack on East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta Monday, Feb. via WBT-AM Charlotte

Parkalgar Honda held its official team launch in Portugal on Saturday, February 9th, with World Supersport racers Craig Jones and Miguel Praia headlining for the futuristic circuit and leisure complex near ... via Superbike News

“The attempt to kill the prime minister and president today failed and only the president was injured.”

The president was wounded in stomach, while Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao escaped unhurt. via The Globe and Mail

THE Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society is joining with Falmouth Art Gallery and the Falmouth Packet to promote and celebrate the Funchal 500 Tall Ships Regatta 2008. via Falmouth Packet

At a ceremony to commemorate Loule city's 20th anniversary, Mayor Seruca Emidio announced the renovation of the Santa Casa da Misericordia hospital. via The Portugal Resident

Processor intellectual property licensor MIPS Technologies Inc. has fallen into a bit of financial distress since offering to buy Chipidea Microelectronica S.A. for $147 million in cash, according to Rob ... via EETimes

“I am glad he has said it, it will get things moving to reinstate the fact they're innocent. "The sooner the arguido status is taken off them the better, but I don't know if they will. But it is moving in the right direction.”

Madeleine McCann's grandfather is clinging to the hope she will be found alive as divers continue their search of a reservoir in Portugal. via Sky News

Portugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silva has endorsed a citation to issue a state medal to Zhou Hongze, former president of the Overseas Chinese Association in Portugal, honoring his positive contribution to ... via People's Daily Online

Grinnell College opens a new show today called 'Where are you from? Contemporary Portuguese Art.' For the contributing artists, the answer to the title's question is a geographic one - but it's not so simple. via Des Moines Register

Conscious that trade issues had become a major source of friction between African countries and their former colonial overlords, the European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso extended an olive branch in ... via Inter Press Service

There is nothing like a Friday! That is, unless it's a Friday with new dates for Metallica , Bryan Adams , Chevelle , Eagles and Neil Diamond ! That's what's waiting for you in your first update of the day from ... via Pollstar News

“Many people used this route for a long time.”

In her later years, Claire Ehrmann, center, bonded deeply with her grandchildren, especially Autumn Luscinski, left, as they took long walks on the California beaches. via Denver Rocky Mountain News

O Oceanario de Lisboa e um museu de biologia marinha situado no Parque das Nacoes em Lisboa, Portugal, construido no ambito da Expo 98. via TrekEarth

Controversy surrounded Sunday's chourico festival in Querenca, Loule, as ASAE officers warned organisers to uphold food safety regulations. via The Portugal Resident

“Even at the levels of amalgam exposure in this study (a mean of 7.7-10.7 amalgam surfaces per subject across the seven years of follow-up)”

Dental amalgam tooth fillings do not adversely affect children's brain development and neurological status, researchers report in the February issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association. via RedOrbit